The value measured on the day of diagnosis was used for each measurement. The NLR was calculated as the absolute neutrophil count/absolute lymphocyte count, whereas the PLR was calculated as the absolute platelet count/absolute lymphocyte count, and the median value of each was used for the respective cut-off value. The patients were then divided into two groups and the overall survival time for each factor was comparatively examined using Cox proportional hazard analysis. The median values for the NLR and PLR were 3.02 and 111.37, respectively. Analyses were performed using the approximate cut-off values of 3 for NLR and 111 for PLR.
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